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Our Research & Policy Aim

As a public interest organisation, BETTER FINANCE is committed to advancing the interests of individual investors and users of financial services throughout the European Union.

Our Goal

Our goal is to promote transparency, long-term value, and consumer protection in financial markets, ensuring that retail investors have a strong voice in policy discussions.

Our Approach

Working collaboratively with our member organisations, BETTER FINANCE undertakes rigorous analysis and research, engages in stakeholder consultations, and solicits expert contributions, resulting in well-informed, data-driven policy recommendations.

This approach ensures that EU financial regulations align with the interests of European citizens.

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Support for the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) to oppose Slovenian Government legislative proposals against the interests of small Slovenian shareholders

It has been brought to our attention by the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD), which is one of our most engaged and dedicated members, that the Republic of Slovenia intends to ...
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/ Public Letters, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

PRESIDENCY AND PARLIAMENT AGREE ON REVIEW OF SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS DIRECTIVE: LIMITED IMPROVEMENTS FOR SHAREHOLDERS

On 9 December 2016 the EU presidency and the EU Parliament agreed on the final version of the new Shareholders Rights Directive (SRD). BETTER FINANCE welcomes the completion of the ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Launch of EuroVote 2016: Boosting Individual Shareholder Rights

A revamped platform facilitating proxy voting now comprises over 1500 European companies. The financial crisis of 2008 revealed significant deficiencies in corporate governance, partly due to a lack of shareholder ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Iberdrola sentenced for trying to silence its small shareholders

At last year’s Annual General Assembly of Iberdrola, Adicae - one of BETTER FINANCE’s Spanish member organisations - denounced the behaviour of the company’s Board of Directors with regard to ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Calling on all VW Investors

The German investor association DSW, a member organisation of BETTER FINANCE, is examining the possibility of legal proceedings in Germany on the grounds that VW violated its duty to immediately ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

A Capital Markets Union without a single market for EU-wide shareholder engagement

BETTER FINANCE's press release on the Commission’s proposal for the review of the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD) is available here ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

European shareholders considering legal proceedings against Volkswagen

Representing VW shareholders, DSW, a member organization of BETTER FINANCE, is examining the possibility of legal proceedings on the grounds that VW violated its duty to immediately disclose all information ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

European Parliament once again ignores individual shareholders rights

The new EU Shareholders Rights’ Directive is to be voted tomorrow 8 July. As it stands the proposal grossly ignores all the modest amendments called for by European individual shareholder ...
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/ Press Releases, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

An early blow to the CMU initiative?

BETTER FINANCE's press release on the plenary vote of the new EU Shareholders Rights’ Directive, as amended by the Parliament’s JURI committee, on June 10 is available here ...
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/ Press Releases, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

BETTER FINANCE Response to the EC consultation on the review of Prospectus Directive

BETTER FINANCE published its response to the European Commission Consultation on the review of the Prospectus Directive ...
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/ Consultations, Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

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